System vs Rebirth

After giving Elaine some food, Jessi waited until the heavy rain stopped before leaving Elaine alone.

Because of what she had done, Elaine's will to survive increased. However, her willpower alone wouldn't be enough.

The fatigue had caught up to her. In addition, the cold had become even more severe.

The voice of the people kept ringing in her head, her body became extremely weak, and her breath was unstable.

She looked like she was about to collapse soon. The hot sun couldn't be compared to the hot temperature of her body.

"Ha… Ha…" Elaine panted a few times. Her body started convulsing. Hunger and thirst might not have been a problem anymore, but her consciousness had become fuzzy.

'This is not good. I still have to continue.'

Elaine kept muttering inwardly, trying to persist as much as possible. But after grueling seven days, she passed out.

…

Two hours later.

Elaine opened her eyes, looking an unfamiliar ceiling.

'Mhmm? Aren't I supposed to be looking at the ground?' Elaine thought before snapping. She hurriedly rose from the bed and looked around, realizing that she was inside a house. And Jessi was in front of her, taking care of her. "What…"

"You passed out. Don't move too much for now. Your fever is still severe."

"What have you done? I have to go back! My family is at stake." Elaine tried to jump off the bed, but Jessi stopped her. "At least rest for a bit. It's been seven days, so the lord shouldn't be coming back soon."

Elaine wanted to refute, but the word stuck in her throat. Instead, she changed it into another question. "Why do you help me? Do you know that you'll be in trouble if you help me? I have done a lot of bad things to your territory!"

"It's your family, right? Not you personally." Jessi shook her head helplessly. "Besides, how foolish are you… If you want to repent, you should live on instead of dying. Death is just an escape. If you feel bad for people, you should spend your life making them happy. That's just my own thought… I think the nobles can't understand such a simple thing."

"That's… not true." Elaine bit her lips.

Looking at her grunted expression, Jessi stood up. "I won't stop you from going back, but eat something first."

Jessi went to the back to grab some food, leaving Elaine alone.

Elaine was contemplating. She had looked down on the people because they were uneducated or their lives were cheap. But because of Jessi, she thought she was the one imposing her own ideal on them.

Unfortunately, she didn't have a lot of time to think about it as the outside was bustling with people.

"…coming!"

"The Lord…"

"…coming!"

Elaine couldn't help but hear some voices from the outside. She raised her head, wondering why it suddenly became too noisy.

"The Lord is coming!"

Elaine heard the message clearly, she panicked. Right now, she isn't kneeling in front of the mansion. In addition, if she stayed here, Jessi would be

the fact that she hadn't changed

room, she only found an empty room. "Mhmmm?

the mansion barefoot, trying to reach the

Noel was already waiting for her.

As if noticing her presence, Noel turned

Elaine immediately kneeled once

are you not here?" Noel asked while pointing

didn't know what to say. Her family

turned cold. "Don't tell me. There is someone

be destroyed. On the other hand, if she abandoned Jessi, it wouldn't change the fact that she had moved away from her

hurriedly replied, "No. That's not

protect Jessi. They all knew about what happened in the past

was brave enough to even approach her. When she collapsed,

you going to

the fatigue was still too much for her body.

out some spiritual energy, pressuring Elaine. "Don't tell me. Despite

Her family was going to die because of this anyway, so why would she hold back in the last phase of her

No commoner dared to refuse the

It was clear that she didn't mean it. In fact, she said all those words just so that Noel could direct his anger at her

pressure. His eyes were

road underneath her started to crack. Yet Elaine still raised her head, glaring at Noel

for a few

pulled out his sword

to look

and kneeled next to Elaine. "My Lord! Please

glared at her while saying, "Are you the

Jessi answered without

for a moment before

believe that everyone has the right to live. Just like how I, a lowly prostitute, am able to

forgive her? Her family was the one who started all this. Once she is forgiven, the others will think lowly of this territory. They will think that this territory can be bullied, and all of you will

need because you are kind, you help all of us. I don't want my lord to be known as the ruthless tyrant, even though you are just trying to help us. I believe that she has been punished severely.

glancing at the others. "Do you think the same? After all, all of you are the ones impacted the

to do. Jessi was saying what they wanted

forward and kneeled in front of Noel. He was the kid who threw a rock

stop him, but looking at this kid, they saw several people falling to their knees, making the parents wonder if they should

more people began to kneel. They had witnessed Elaine's suffering in the past few days and how she remained still no matter what happened around

she wanted to atone for her mistake, she should survive

after, everyone was already kneeling on the ground, begging for

at his subjects for a moment as if he were contemplating whether to execute or

long minute, Noel finally sheathed his

she is

and turned around. "Bring

soldiers hurriedly moved. With this decision, they felt a bit relieved since they should be spared from any punishment as well because of what Jessi did.